History

Professor Brown has been a member of the Grinnell History Department since the fall of 1989. She has chaired the History Department and the Gender and Women's Studies concentration, been... See full profile

Catherine Chou is a historian of early modern European political theory and culture. At heart, her work is concerned with dueling visions of the 'common wealth' and ideal society, and... See full profile

Edward Cohn came to Grinnell in 2007 after completing a Ph.D. in Russian history at the University of Chicago. A 1999 graduate of Swarthmore College, he worked for a year as a journalist... See full profile

Monessa Cummins received her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on Greek epinician poetry, a type of lyric poetry composed in praise of victors at... See full profile

Caleb Elfenbein is an Associate Professor in both History and Religious Studies at Grinnell College. He graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in political science, making his way to... See full profile

Before joining the Grinnell faculty in 1978, Andrew Hsieh received his education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kyoto University (Japan), and Yale University. He has currently... See full profile

Michael Latham joined Grinnell College as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College in 2014. A specialist in the history of U.S. foreign relations, 20th-century America... See full profile

Carolyn Herbst Lewis joined the faculty at Grinnell College as an assistant professor of history in 2013. Lewis has a Ph.D. in American women’s history with a concentration in Women’s... See full profile

Kelly Maynard joined the faculty at Grinnell in 2009 after teaching in the history and art history departments at Scripps College. Her current project, entitled Hearing Wagner in France at... See full profile

Elizabeth Prevost is a historian of modern Britain and the Empire, colonial Africa, women & gender, and global Christianity. She is the author of The Communion of Women: Missions and... See full profile

Mr. Silva came to Grinnell from the University of Chicago where he wrote a dissertation on Chilean middle-class unions. Mr. Silva's work examines how the middle class contributed to the... See full profile

D. A. Smith has taught history at Grinnell since 1970; during the 1960s he studied and taught history at Yale University. He has also been (1993 and 1997) Concurrent Professor of History... See full profile